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U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2D Marine Division, conducts Phase II of Clear, Hold, Build, with a helicopter incursion for a company size attack in Gays Pass aboard Marine Corps Base Twentynine Palms, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011. 1/8 is conducting Enhanced Mojave Viper training to prepare them for future deployments during Operation Enduring Freedom. - U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2D Marine Division, conducts Phase II of Clear, Hold, Build, with a helicopter incursion for a company size attack in Gays Pass aboard Marine Corps Base Twentynine Palms, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011. 1/8 is conducting Enhanced Mojave Viper training to prepare them for future deployments during Operation Enduring Freedom.

‘Beirut Battalion’ wraps up EMV with CHB-4

Marines with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejuene, N.C., began their Clear, Hold, Build 4 exercise at Range 220 Dec. 12, 2011. The four-step CHB exercises prepare infantry units for future deployments by simulating fighting conditions. They are trained in countering improvised explosive devices, patrolling, role

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Miramar Falcon half-back Davis Cordero evades the Combat Center Bulldawgs’ defense at the annual Best of the West football game at Felix Field Dec. 7, 2011. - Miramar Falcon half-back Davis Cordero evades the Combat Center Bulldawgs’ defense at the annual Best of the West football game at Felix Field Dec. 7, 2011.

Combat Center falls to Falcons 34-15

The previously undefeated Bulldawgs went into the Best of the West football championship with their heads held high to meet their opponents, the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Falcons at Felix Field Dec. 10, 2011. The two teams worked hard in their respective league seasons to prepare for the match up in the championship game, held at the Combat

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Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment step off the CH-53E Super Stallion after successfully completing their TRAP exercise Dec. 3, 2011. - Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment step off the CH-53E Super Stallion after successfully completing their TRAP exercise Dec. 3, 2011.

1/8 conducts exercise, retrieves stranded Marines

A bird is down. Marines are stranded. Some could be hurt. Minutes after the call is in, Marines from the ground element are geared up, ready to retrieve their comrades. A Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission is a strategized operation to retrieve Marines or aircraft unable to make a return flight back. Unlike a search and rescue

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Marines hop off of a CH-53E Super Stallion as aviation maintenance Marines prepare to do a daily turnaround inspection Dec. 2, 2011, at Camp Wilson. The inspection is conducted after every aircraft has landed. - Marines hop off of a CH-53E Super Stallion as aviation maintenance Marines prepare to do a daily turnaround inspection Dec. 2, 2011, at Camp Wilson. The inspection is conducted after every aircraft has landed.

Aviation maintenance keeps birds in the sky

Getting an aircraft to soar is a long, complicated process. With in-depth inspections, fixing broken parts, weapons and electrical issues, the process of getting the metal beasts in the air falls on the shoulders of some of the youngest Marines in the aircraft wing. A typical maintenance section is divided into four main shops: avionics, which

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Gabriella Scitzs, 8-month-old daughter of Anjelu and Richard Scitzs, laughs as Santa plays peek-a-boo with her before their picture is taken during the installation’s annual Winter Festival at Felix Field Dec. 3, 2011. - Gabriella Scitzs, 8-month-old daughter of Anjelu and Richard Scitzs, laughs as Santa plays peek-a-boo with her before their picture is taken during the installation’s annual Winter Festival at Felix Field Dec. 3, 2011.

Annual Winter Festival heralds holiday cheer

The festival Saturday, sponsored by Marine Corps Community Services, has been helping spread cheer to the Combat Center community for almost a decade. “The Winter Festival began in 2002 as an MCCS initiative to provide the families aboard MCAGCC a quality-of-life holiday event,” said Kelley M. Coe, Special Events program manager, MCCS. Families

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OutKasts, the defending champions, celebrate their victory against Chicks & Sticks for their second year as the top team in the Commanding General’s Intramural Co-Ed Softball League after the championship game at Felix Field Nov. 29, 2011 - OutKasts, the defending champions, celebrate their victory against Chicks & Sticks for their second year as the top team in the Commanding General’s Intramural Co-Ed Softball League after the championship game at Felix Field Nov. 29, 2011

Defending champs OutKasts claim victory again

For weeks, eight teams have met on the field of dreams. The final showdown was between Chicks & Sticks and last year’s defending champions, OutKasts, during the Commanding General’s Intramural Co-Ed Softball championship game at Felix Field Nov. 29, 2011. After all the weeks of season games, both teams brought their A games and kept the final match

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Combat Center News

‘Beirut Battalion’ wraps up EMV with CHB-4

Combat Center falls to Falcons 34-15

1/8 conducts exercise, retrieves stranded Marines

Aviation maintenance keeps birds in the sky

Annual Winter Festival heralds holiday cheer

Defending champs OutKasts claim victory again

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